Reel for fishing-rods.



N. 739,784'. PATENTED SEPT. 22, 1903. W. J. HARRIS H. CASE.

REEL FOR FISHING RODS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4 1902.

NQ. 739,784. IA'IBNI'BDSBPI. 22, 1903. W. J. HARRIS @L H. CASE. REEL IoR FISHING IIoIJs.

APPLIOATIGN PILED'JUHE 4. 1902;

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

H0 MODEL.

Patented September 22, 1903,

STATES PATENT OEEICE.

UNITED WILLIAM J. HARRIS AND HENRY CASE, OF GLOVERSYILLE, NEW YORK; SAID CASE ASSIGNOR TO CLARK L. JORDAN, YOF GLOYERSYILLE, NEW YORK.

REEL FOR FISHING-RODS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,784, dated September 22, 1903. Application Eled June 4, 1902. Serial No. 110,184. (No model.)

f Fulton county,

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM J. HARRIS and HENRY CASE,` citizens of the United States, residing at the city of' Gloversville, and State of New York, have jointly invented new and useful Improvements in Reels for Fishing-Rods, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements upon reels for fishing-rods, and more particularly to the production of a reel and its arrangement within and upon the butt of the rod, with the reel-axle parallel to the axis of the butt, so that the reel is not oset from the latter for attachment and detachment.

O ur invention also relates to a means whereby the line when being wound upon the reelspool is equally distributed throughout the length of the latter and also to a means wherebythe tension of the line being drawn from ed the reel may be regulated and also to the construction and arrangement of a click and click-wheel, all of which will be more fully set forth hereinafter and specified in the claims. The object and purpose of our invention is to avoid the location of the reel upon one side of the rod, and'thus prevent the unevenlybalanced tendency it has when so located and the butt of the rod is grasped for fly-casting. Our improvement has the further advantage of having no offset reel part-to catch in twigs and branches rwhen being carried through the woods or along the brush-grown banks of brooks and streams. i

Accompanying this speciiication to form a part of it there are three plates of drawings containing six gures illustrating the a`pp1i cation of our invention with the saine designation of parts by letter reference used in all,

of them.

Of the illustrations, Figure l is a side `elevation of a fishing-rod butt with our invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is asection taken on the line w ot Fig. 1, illustrated with the click-pawl shown as moved away from its engagement with the click-wheel. front elevation of the apparatus with that part of the exterior cylinder inclosin g the reel- Fig. 3 is a` spool and its operating mechanism shown as cut away and the operating-crank; shown as folded inwardly. This iigure also illustrates the drag as in a position to engage with the main-wheel shaft. Fig. 4c is aside elevation in part of the same mechanism which is shown at Fig. 3, with the operating-crank illustrated as turned down on its hinged connection and ina position for operating the reel, the drag` being shown in this figure as moved away from contact with the driving-shaft. Fig. 5

is a section taken on the line so' at' of Fig. 1,

with the click-pawl shown tov be in engagement with the click-wheel. Fig. 6 is a section taken transversely on the line a2 at? of Fig. 4.. A

The several parts of the apparatus thus illustrated are designated by letter reference, and the'function of the parts is described as follows:

The letter B designates the butt of a fishing-rod, which is preferably formed in two parts h2 b2, that are connected by means of a cylinder C, each of the ends of which are passed on over and secured to one end ot the butt parts b2, with the cylinder preferably eX- panded between Where its ends eachconnect to one of the butt parts.

The letters A' A2 designate two cross-bars arranged within the cylinder C, and the letter S designates the reel-spool, which is also arranged within the cylinder C, having its shaft S2 provided with a bearing in which to journal at S3 in the bar A and at S4 in the bar A2. 0n this connection the spool S is free to turn within' the cylinder C. The outer end of this spool-shaft in advance of where entering its bearing in the bar A' has mounted thereupon the spur-wheel w.

The letter I designates the main drivingshaft, which is arranged transversely within the cylinder C, and it is provided with bearings fz? i? in the opposite sides of the cylinder wherein to journal. This shaft I has mounted upon it to turn with it the gear-wheel wg, with the teeth of the latter arranged to mesh into the teeth of the spur-wheel w', so that when the shaft I is operated to turn in its bearings the wheel wz by its engagement With the spur-Wheel w' will actuate the latter and the reel-spool S to turn also.

The letter K designates a crank that is mounted upon the projecting end i3 of the shaft I, and this crank is hinged onto the end of the shaft I Where connected thereto, so

that it can be turned'down and have its outer a vertical slot m', formed in the cylinder C,

Where this shank will connect 'with the bar p2 at its upper end. When this finger-piece U is moved outwardly, the click-pawl is also moved outwardly away from engagement with the teeth of the click-wheel D, with the upper end of the bai-p2 yielding when the pawlclick is passing over the teeth of the clickwheel and the'nger-piece U is moved down- Wardly.

The letter m2 designatesaslot that is formed longitudinally in the cylinder C, and the letter G designates a line-guide arranged to be moved back and forth in said slot. This line-guide consists of an outer plate E, having a line-passage e2 formed therein directly over the slot m2, through which the line to be wound and unwound from off the reelspool passes. 'lhis plate E connects with a plate part H, having a linger-piece F projected outwardly therefrom, with this fingerpiece arranged to pass through the slot m2 to connect at h2 with a plate stradd-ling the slot on the inside of the cylinder O to thus retain the line-guide within the slot. The plate straddling the slot isnot shown. When the reel is being operated to wind up the line, this line-guide, as moved back and forth by the holder of the butt, will distribute the line equally throughout the length of the reel.

The letter N designates a drag or brake arranged to bear upon the driving-shaft I to increase the tension upon the line being unwound from off the reel. 'This drag or brake consists of a bar n2, arranged longitudinally within the cylinder C at one side thereof, with the hook-form end 17,3 arranged to bear on the upper side of the driving-shaft I, with this bar operated to rise and fall by means of a nger-piece n, having a shank arranged to pass through a slot n, formed in the cylinder C and thereat connected with the dragbar n2.

The letters L designate ferrules whereby the butt may be adapted to connect-With the jointed parts of differing sizes of rods.

We do not limit our invention herein t-o any scale or proportion in its application nor to the exact details of construction which we have shown and described, which may be varied so long as the parts perform the same function in substantially the same manner.

Having thus described our invention, what We claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination with the butt of a fishing-rod, of a reel mounted therein with its axis parallel to that of the rod-butt; a cylinder inclosing said reel, and provided with a drag-slot at its outer end; a drivingshaft provided with bearings in which t-o\journal in the opposite sides of the cylinder; a gear- -Wheel mounted upon said driving-shaft; a

pinion upon the adjacent end ot' the reelshaft arranged to mesh into the gear-wheel on the driving-shaft; a drag-bar having a downturned upper end .arranged Within said cylinder; a nager-piece placed exterior-ly upon the latter, and arranged to slide in said drag-slot, and operate the downturned end of the drag-bar to bear upon the drivingshaft, and thus increase the tension upon the line being tially as shown and described.

2. The combination with the butt of a iishing-rod, of 'a reel mounted therein with itsV axis parallel to that of the rod-butt; a cylinder arranged to inclose said reel and having a click-slot in its upper end; a driving-shaft made to journal in the opposite sides of the cylinder; a gear-Wheel mounted upon `vsaid driving-shaftv arranged to mesh into a pinion drawn from o the reel substan-y upon the adjacent end of the reel-shaft; a

click-wheel mounted upon said driving-shaft to turn with it; a pawl connecting with a vertically-arranged slide-bar on the inner face of the cylinder; and a finger-piece arranged in said click-slot to connect with said slide-bar, whereby said pawl maybe operated to engage With the'teeth of said Glick-wheel substantially as, and for the purposes set forth. Signed at the city of Gloversville, New York, in thev presence of the two Witnesses whose names are hereto w itten, this 27th day of May, 1902.

, VILLIAM J.,HARRIS.

HENRY OASE.

Witnesses:

EDWARD L. POTTER, .I r., JOHN L. HINDEs.

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